Fluid-measuring device.



1. E. KELLER, W. A. WARMAN & H` L. FAHR.

- FLUID MEASURING DEVICE.

AFPucATloN FILED nec. 19. 19:3.

Patented June 22, 1915.

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J. F. KELLER, W. A. WARMAN EL H. L.

FLUID MEASURNG DEVICE.

APPLICATION HLEDDEC. 19. 1913.

Paeneune 22, i915.

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miren STATES Pn'rnnr orrrcn Jessen s. KermanA ANnwrLrrAMs. WARMAN, or NEW roma, im nsnnr n. Penn,

' '0F YONKERS, NEW YORK, lASSIGN'ORS TO' KELLER MECHANICALENGRVING CGE@ PAW, 0F BROOKLYN,

New Yonx, `n conronsrron or NEW reen.

FLUIp-MEASUBING Evian i Specification of Letters Patent.' l `Patented June l22, g

I p ppuam'med recenter 1e, 191e. semaine. 507,598. y

1 To Minimondi/imam;

"Be it known" thatwe, 'n citizen 'of the United States, ,and al resi'- dent Lof New `"York, A"oorouglfx of Manhattan, Ycounty'nnd Stilte *of New York, WILLIAM: A( -"-;V.7nnivrzin, eV citizen of the United States, and

JOSEPH F.

:i residento New York, 'borough .of Men f'lrattvn, county and Stateof New York, and ,fr 'HARR; Lfxnmfa citizenof thec'United Vi/Testchester, `and State; of New York, havev Sintes," and e lresident of'fYonkers, county of fjointly mede-'end irnrented'certain new and u seul. Imprpoveinen'teu in Fluid-Measuring l l Devices, of whihthe following isa speci- Our invention relates; to' apparatus for 'i inensuri'ngtho owiof'uid through a con-V fduit'la'ndsthe object thereof is to provide s l simple Vpurpose'for which it is intended.

The preferred embodiment oflourinven-` 'ticnfis iliustrat'ed in the drawings accon# 5 *measuring deviceV which` may be `readily in# f tingchnngingor otherwise'interfering with trodguce'd into o, line of 'pipingy without cuttne piping system, and whichdevice will be pany-*ing and forming a part ofthis applica,- tion, although itwill be understood that our `inventionmay hezmbodied in other specific 3'0 variations and ino'di'cstions of the rbicu- 'lerf device illustrated endwherema r Vdeforms g ind i that Athe same includes Y such scribed 'nndfcleimed Vasv willA be obvious to those skilled inthe art to which our' inven-` In thefdrevvin ,':fFigure 1 is e. .viewsixowf ,ingfav section' uponk a,longitudinahcentsel- 'f 1 plane eelportionicfo-line of .piping within which our improv'edtluid measuring'device e C'is'pieced; Fig, 2"is e view shcwingssection Vupon e transverse" plane indicated'by the line 'tion rele-tes.

' ln-rge'd and showing 'a section upon=a transf l"verse paneindicated bythe line 3--3, '.45

le; Fig. Vis a .viowsmiler to-Fi...1 but showing slightly'mcdied form oI our ina-f proved fiuid measuring device; Fig. oise,

view' somewhat enlarged and showingY e section upon e transverse plane indicated by upenn 6;-6, Fig. 6; andFig. 8 1s a view simiar to derstood.

in construction andeectvc for the ployed'; Fig. 'iv is e view showinge sec-tion transverse piene indicated by theline Fig. 7 but illustrating the use oan auzfziiary tube or liner in the. line of piping.l

Referring rst to Figsl to 3 of the drewings, the reference numerals 9 and l'desig 'nete portions of. two sections of' e lino oz piping through which steam, air orv other fluid may ow, the ends of said sections he1 ing provided' with fiangesvl whereby the sections may be secured together to form e. continuous system of piping, es wili cenn- Locoted within the section `1C* is en' elono gated hollow member l2 referred'to inireinA as a delector'because of the fact that the Huid as. Yit ows past seid member is deected toward the wall of the pipe seccn and made to ow through e. restricted passage annular in form in the .preferred embodimentof our inventlon illus rated, sai@ 'defiector being preferably in the generei form of two hollow cones having a connnon base in order to reduce the resistance ens countered by the fluid as 1t iows borough theA line of iping. The deecting member is provide `with a series of openings l pest which the kfluid ows and which'openings lead into' the interior thereof, these opennv lings being located in practice atithe piece where the oren.y of the passage between the deeetorandtlo'surrounding'wnli of the pipe section yin which it is placed is reduced to a minimum." A I 'rhef designing, member Gemeen shown 'as supported Withintlielpipe sectionr lOby means of a disk-shaped supporting member-'14, the central Aportion o whic provided with erols 15 whereby intervening openings throu rwhichfthe duid muv non are provided.` y merge with e centrally located projection f 10, with 'which projection the delcctor i2,

' he inner'ends of seid amie.;

loxtending axially 'of the lpipe section is connected es by ineens off a threrde f connection at l?, as iiiustrated. The orrns'm i are offset or inciinedjfee shown "in Fie;` :in

order thetthe airco V oi-131e duid' passage et,l

the contorni the supporting member. 31e, which ,point the pressuregog. sendet ne; uid is measured es will nereznnter appear,

deflecting member,

may not be obstructed 'considerable extent by the arms. The re` mote end ofthe delector is commonly supported in a central position withinthe pipe section as by means of a spider 18.

A suitable conduit leads from the exterior of the line of piping into the interior of the aslprovided by a passage 19 extending/inl vward from the y ymember 14 thro/ugh one'A of the arms I5 periphery gf.; thesn'pporting thereof and -alog the central projection 16 into 'the deecting member, whereby the interior of said member is placed in communication withv'the exterior ofthe line/ofV piping. yA second passage 20 is shown as ex-v tending throughthe supporting' member 14 andfthe'inner end of lwhich passage communicates with the interiorof/the line of' piping, as shown in Fig. 2. It therefore follows that because ofthe offset arrangement of the arms 15 the cross-section of the line of lpiping is not obstructed by ,the arms, and that the pressure at the inner end of the passage'20is'thepressure ofY an unobstructed cross-section of the line of pip,- ing. The outei ends of .the passages-19 and 20 are 'connected with any suitable device mercury.

whereby the difference in pressure in said passages may be measured, such, for example, as a U-shaped tube 21, Fig'. 2,." the lower portion of which contains a mass/eff ln a line of piping theseverfiianges like the flanges 11 will -normally be in contact with one another Iand ,secured together by suitable bolts. If, however, the bolts are removed, tlie'free ends of the pipe sections and their fianges may vbe'1eadily moved permit the sirlewise'to an extentsuliicient to deflector to be placed in one ofthe pipe sections, and the flanges separated a s Hicient distance to receive the supportingf/ einher- 14: between them, whereupon andnafter the parts have'becn properly readjustedf'and the bolts replaced the supporting member will be held between the fiangesatjthe-ends .of two pipe sections and'the'fdlieetcr will be supported from said member,` as illustrated 1n the drawing.-

7Vhen a fluid is flowing from left to right 1 through the pi ping-shown, the pressure yof "l'may be measured bv the lHuid orhead within the line of piping may be measured by anysuitablednstrumcntfconnected with the passageO, while the pressure within the deiecting member ,v anyfsuitable instrument connected with the passage 19. The

incssure within the delliecting member 'will be equal to the pressure at the reducedJ annular passage with which the openings 13 communicate, and will ybe lower than the pressure in the' line of piping as measured .at the inner end of the passage 20. This -flillerence in pressure .is a function of the such conduit beingvshown energy expended in accelerating the rate 'of How from the velocity-existing withinthe line of piping tothe velocity necessary to cause the fluid to pass Vthroughthe reduced 'zo v section surrounding/theidelecti'ng member 12, and7 lfrein this/d/iierence 1n pressure the gatof'fldw through the reducedsecy past the openings 13 may be, calf culated by well known formulae of either L hydraulics or thermodynamics depending upon the character ofthe Huid, the flow o difference in pressure is measured U-shaped tube 21 above referred to, andis a function of the diierence in level of the ,mercuryV in the two the device is in use.

The velocity difference in pressure between the pressure /within the 'line of fiecting member', together with a knowledge of the respective areas of the piping and reduced section and the physical characteristics of the. duid flowing in the piping. The velocity thus computed must be multi- .plied bya constant determined experimem tallyin'irder to compensate for losses .due

tof/friction; and from .thejvelocity of flow" `thus determining the volume'orf weight of the fluid flowing through the pipingin a given time may be calculated. rIn practice, however, use within a pipev of a given .commercial size will be placed ina pipe. of that sizeand calibrated by means of a standard meter; anda table or curve various readings of the pressuremeasuring device v used, and corresponding rates of flow as determined by the standard meter,y are,

tabulated; after l ing member is thesame diameter as that in which it was which and -when the deiectsides of the tube when of flow of the Huid through i i the, line of piping may be computed from the' 85 Y a deflectig member designed forv piping and the pressure at the reduced sectlon surrounding-the de' msy 'l will be made in which 195,A

placedini'a. line of piping ofca1ibrated,readings of differences 'in pressure will, by comparison with the table above referred to,

tion.' It will be understood', howeveigvthat muy be calibrated in the position in which` it is to be used; .that is,after a given deiecting member has been placed within'the particular line of piping in which it iste beused. f In'cases where Fthe deflecting member' is calibrated in one section of pipe and used in another, even though the two are as nearv as may be of the same diameter, certain sli ht yerrors may occur when using the calibration table or curve, the diameter, surface conditions, two pipe sections. These errors, however, are comparatively SmaILnand, moreover,

indicatethe volume of g Huid flowing throughl the piping in qucs- 1,5 if greater accuracy ,is required, the device I i l due to slight variations in etc., of the may se eliminated entirely by the construeiioii iliusereed is Figs. and 5.

.iii 'elle forro of our invention illustrated Y in Figs. end the same deeotin memlier and sopportiiig nie-.aos for holding the' seme .within s. lise of piping 1s employed as those ilereiioefore referred to and described.

fin iiis orinof our invention, however, e. se sretetulbeor pipe section 22 is employed, iv deli sectioi surrounds the deleotin" member-md is secured inplace within t e sec- 'tieirl srry way.- This` tube will be eareoymede iidy nished and, after e given deie'oiing member end'iiie tuliewnioh is yto itfefused "with i?, have been calibrated togetlier by comparison with @standard meier. sode table lor curve showing rat-es of dos' corresponding with various dierenees of pressure lies been tabulated or drawn, elle tube end deiecior may be placed in :my

given line of piping the interior diameter of Whieo is approximately the seme es the exersel diameter or" the tube without in the lease impair-ing the eeem'aoy of elle device or neeessitsingcorrections in the calibre ioi curve or table; f'

.iltiiou i; in the forms of'our devise illus# reced in ige i to 5 the deiieotirig member is mede hollow and the pressure et the reduced eroe, of tiieid oosduit is measuredv from within the delieotonihe pressure et lie reduoed'seotioii may be measured from Without the pipe and the deieetor made solid or with no passage like the passage 19 leading into its interior. Thus, in the form of nourdeviee iliustreted m Figs. 6 to 8 the deu'eotmg member 23 is mede solid and is supported from e combined eige and supporting member 24 iiaving arms 25 with which the deector is connected. The pipe secion 26 in such e caso is provided With's series of holes 27 ioeeted eiitlie pointof least cross-section of the fluid conduit,

W'iieli holes oommunieate with en annuler' recess 28 formed its. s. coller orsleeve 29, surrounding the pipe section 26 and mede tight by suitable stuing boxes or glands et.

30 es shown. A pipe 31 communicates with the passage 28 whereby the pressure et the eres of leest cross-section ofthe iiuid coridui'r may be Iiieasured,l while the pressure ai: the unobstructed area of the conduit is measured by another pipe the inner endvo wliioli is shown et 32. A separate inner v `tuoe or liner like the tube 22 and for the I' some purpose is shown et 33, Fig. S, seid tooe haring holes registering with the holes 2 iii the pipe section 26 as illustraied.

Having; thus described and explained our invention, We claim and desire 'to secure by Letters Patent:

1. In a iiuid meter, e diskshaped supporting member having openings adapted to register with the interior of e. conduit through which fluid may dow; an. elonlgated hollow deector closed at its ends and loving an openingin its side Wall leading into its interior and past which openin a.

uid may flow; means Wherebysaid de ecl tor is supported from seid supporting mem ber and a conduit leading into the interior of said deleotor. y

, 2. In e iiuid meter, edisk-shaped porting member'heving openings at its oentrel ortion whereby a series of arms are provided; `and en elon ated hollow deector closed et its `eiids an supported by seid arms and having an opening in its side Wall `leading into its interior and past which' opening a ii'uid may iiow; said support and one of seid arms having repassage leading im'o the iiiterior of said deieoior.

3. in e. uid meter, e disloshoped supporting member having openings adopted to register with the interior ofv a conduit through which Huid may iiow; an elon Supgated hollow deiieotor olosed et its ends and having an openiigbin its side Well le'nding into is.- interior end pasiwhieh opening s. Huid may iow; and e mbe surroundlng said defiector; means whereby seid deiector is vim Signed at. New York city, in the county of New York, and Stute ofNoW York, this 12" day @December-,1913.

OSElEI-Iy F. KELLER. WLLAM A. WARMA KT Witnesses:

ANNA V. W'ALsm' Grouse E. Coos. Y l

HARRY L. PARE.

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